Sunday, August 17, 2008

"Let's Roll" - SOLD

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5"x 7" Oil on gessoed board.

I'm on a roll here with the still life paintings. I guess if one sticks with something for awhile they might get good at it, so I'm stuck for a while. I once again painted on the Ampersand Gessoboard and this time gave it a coat of the black gesso as a base color.The actual painting is a bit warmer than I could achieve in photoshop , especially the background green and the table top. Oh how we all have our whoes with the photography!

6 comments:

FWIW, I see a lot of warmth in the background on my monitor. Very nice piece. Soft and peach-fuzzy. Maybe I'm weird, but my favorite part of this painting is the way the edge of the table is handled. That, combined with the background give it a very "old world" feel.

Thanks, Jennifer. FWIW I don't think I'm done with this, that is if I want to give it anymore time. It may just stay a study and I'll do a larger piece someday to make the changes. I think it lacks something - no interest. I was thinking of picking a bit of peach branch down the street and introducing some leaves. Also, I thought a very subtle window pane light shape/highlight on the right side of the wall might be interesting. Kenn says it's not worth it, go on to a new piece. I guess I have to for now because it's on ebay for a week as is. I like the table edge too!

I would let it be done. It's a hard thing sometimes, isn't it? I know all too well. I like your ideas, but I think ultimately you'll find more satisfaction in executing them in a new piece. This one looks complete as it is, and it'll probably get snatched up at auction soon any way. :-)

Small Oil Paintings by Marilyn M King

After retiring from a 25year career as an illustrator,I took a brief hiatus fromart to work in the familybusiness.

I couldn't stay away long andin October of 2007 I returnedto my artistic roots to pursuea new career in fine art . Myjourney now finds me paintingin oils on various surfacesand in small formats. I seebeauty in everyday life and amconstantly seeing painting subjects everywhere I look.

As I paint a still life orintimate landscape, I'mtrying to capture the essenceof the beauty I see and tocommunicate somethingto the viewer that may nothave been noticed. I hopethat my work isvisual poetryas defined by Webster: showingthe "lyrical quality orstructural perfection of anobject, act, or experience".